Tank or ice-chest.



Patented Aug. 5,1902..

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UNITED STATES? PATENT LOFFICEQ THOMAS B. ROGERS, OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TANKA OR ICE-CH EST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,455, dated August 5, 1902. Application iiled December 13, 1901. Serial No. 85,762. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that` I, THOMAS B. ROGERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn borough, New York city, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tanks or Ice-Chests," of which the following is a specication.'

This invention relates to a tank or ice-chest comprising an inner and outer casing with a water-tight material therebetween, said material being free or detached from the inner casing, the outer casing having suitable clenchers or fastenings for gripping or securing the water-tight material to such outer casing.

This invention isset forth in the following specilication and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, inwhichklligure 1 is a plan view of the tank or icechest embodying this invention with the top rail or cap removed. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a crosssection of the complete device.

This tank or ice-chest consists of an inner and outer casing with an intermediate layer of @inentro1 ;0,t h e,rifa terprooflnateljyl.u` The chest comprises an inner tank lining or cas-V ing a, which receives the ice or liquids and other articles. The outer casing b is provided at its interior with the clenchers c, so that the lining d is* held firmly against the inside surface of the outer case. The inner andouter casings are made of wood. The saidlining being held firmly to the interior of the outerV case by the clenchers will allow the inner case, which is not fastened to the lining, to expand and contract. `A rod e holds the inner and outer casings together and will prevent the longitudinal walls of the casing from buckling. The rod is threaded or in form of a screw-rod. The end nuts on this rod "sitting against the longer walls of outer casing b prevent the latter buckling or bulging outward. The intermediate nuts sitting against a wall or alongside of inner casing a. prevent the latter buckling or bulging inward. The pipe or drip f draws off the waste water from the ice in the inner case. This drip can be suitably closed or plugged, or a faucet can be employed to empty the tank when required. The inner casing being free from or loosely set into the waterproof lining d can expand or contract without aiecting such wall. The latter being non-absorbent, no leakage from the inner casing can penetrate thereinto, so

`that the fouling or smell caused byleakage being absorbed by the packing .generally prevented.

An air-space is shown about the outer casing. An outer shell or wainscoting g, suitablyspacedor held by strips h clear of the outer casing, will form the required air-space.

The clenchers c can be formed by headed nails or other clenchers of suitable form, which being driven part way or suitably fastened to or into the inner side of the outer casing will have the heads in position to firmly grip or hold the cement or waterproof material.

The bottom of the air-space wainscoting has cleats i to keep the tank or bottom suitably elevated or clear, so as to avoid rotting or fouling. A rail or cap k can be applied over the top of the device toV cover the waterproof material and receive any suitable lid or cover. i

.What I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, isy l. A tank orl ice-chest comprising an inner and an outer casing, a water-tight material made to surround the inner casing, and clenchers on the interior of the outer casing for securing the water-tight material to said outer casing, the inner casing being in contact with but not adhering to the water-tight material, so as to allow said inner casing to con- :tract andlexpand without affecting the watertight material or the outer casing, and said water-tight material preventing leakage or moisture from the inner casing penetratingI my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS B. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

CEAS. E. PoENsGEN, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

